document.open();document.writeln('<div onmouseover="document.getElementById(\'snipt-11799\').style.display = \'block\'; return false;" onmouseout="document.getElementById(\'snipt-11799\').style.display = \'none\'; return false;" style="position: relative;">');document.writeln('<div class="highlight" style="background: #202020"><pre style="-moz-border-radius: 5px; border-radius: 5px; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; margin: 0; display: block; font: 11px Monaco, monospace !important; padding: 15px; background-color: #1C1C1C; overflow: auto; color: #D0D0D0;; line-height: 125%"><span style="color: #6ab825; font-weight: normal">public</span> <span style="color: #6ab825; font-weight: normal">static</span> <span style="color: #d0d0d0">SPUser</span> <span style="color: #447fcf">GetUser</span><span style="color: #d0d0d0">(</span><span style="color: #6ab825; font-weight: normal">this</span> <span style="color: #d0d0d0">SPListItem</span> <span style="color: #d0d0d0">item,</span> <span style="color: #6ab825; font-weight: normal">string</span> <span style="color: #d0d0d0">displayName)</span>');document.writeln('<span style="color: #d0d0d0">{</span>');document.writeln('    <span style="color: #999999; font-style: italic">//get field and cast to User Field type</span>');document.writeln('    <span style="color: #d0d0d0">var</span> <span style="color: #d0d0d0">field</span> <span style="color: #d0d0d0">=</span> <span style="color: #d0d0d0">item.Fields.GetField(displayName)</span> <span style="color: #6ab825; font-weight: normal">as</span> <span style="color: #d0d0d0">SPFieldUser;</span>');document.writeln('');document.writeln('    <span style="color: #6ab825; font-weight: normal">if</span> <span style="color: #d0d0d0">(</span><span style="color: #6ab825; font-weight: normal">null</span> <span style="color: #d0d0d0">==</span> <span style="color: #d0d0d0">field)</span>');document.writeln('    <span style="color: #d0d0d0">{</span>');document.writeln('        <span style="color: #6ab825; font-weight: normal">throw</span> <span style="color: #6ab825; font-weight: normal">new</span> <span style="color: #447fcf">ApplicationException</span><span style="color: #d0d0d0">(</span><span style="color: #ed9d13">&quot;This field is not a User!&quot;</span><span style="color: #d0d0d0">);</span>');document.writeln('    <span style="color: #d0d0d0">}</span>');document.writeln('');document.writeln('    <span style="color: #d0d0d0">var</span> <span style="color: #d0d0d0">fieldValue</span> <span style="color: #d0d0d0">=</span> <span style="color: #d0d0d0">field.GetFieldValue(item[field.Id].ToString())</span> <span style="color: #6ab825; font-weight: normal">as</span> <span style="color: #d0d0d0">SPFieldUserValue;</span>');document.writeln('');document.writeln('    <span style="color: #d0d0d0">SPUser</span> <span style="color: #d0d0d0">user</span> <span style="color: #d0d0d0">=</span> <span style="color: #6ab825; font-weight: normal">null</span><span style="color: #d0d0d0">;</span>');document.writeln('    <span style="color: #6ab825; font-weight: normal">if</span> <span style="color: #d0d0d0">(</span><span style="color: #6ab825; font-weight: normal">null</span> <span style="color: #d0d0d0">!=</span> <span style="color: #d0d0d0">fieldValue)</span> ');document.writeln('    <span style="color: #d0d0d0">{</span>');document.writeln('        <span style="color: #d0d0d0">user</span> <span style="color: #d0d0d0">=</span> <span style="color: #d0d0d0">fieldValue.User;</span>');document.writeln('    <span style="color: #d0d0d0">}</span>');document.writeln('');document.writeln('    <span style="color: #6ab825; font-weight: normal">return</span> <span style="color: #d0d0d0">user;</span>');document.writeln('<span style="color: #d0d0d0">}</span>');document.writeln('</pre></div>');document.writeln('');document.writeln('<div style="background-color: #111; color: #D0D0D0; float: right; padding: 5px 10px; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 5px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 5px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; font: 11px Arial,Sans-Serif; display: none; position: absolute; bottom: 0; right: 0;" id="snipt-11799">code hosted by <a href="http://snipt.net/dkitchen/extension-methods-to-get-spuser-objects-from-splistitem-person-field" style="color: #0084FF; text-decoration: none;">snipt.net</a></div>');document.writeln('</div>');document.close();